Doomsday Clock

[Baron Winnebago]

Social media has done far more damage than good since it was created

 

[nja13]

You're telling me we're closer do doomsday right now that we were during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Seems a bit dramatic to me.

 

[N_Fuego]

follow up question. Would nuclear war increase the chances of getting a new stadium?

Yes, we're obviously going to need a dome.

 

[dsbigred1]

Yes, we're obviously going to need a dome.

I believe the plan after this Doomsday report has been modified to build the new stadium under 50ft of concrete. Price just keeps going up

 

[Hedley Lamarr]

You're telling me we're closer do doomsday right now that we were during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Seems a bit dramatic to me.

they were actually just cigars the size of missiles. it was all a big misunderstanding

 

[CornFed Gregger]

Social media is a bigger threat than a nuclear bomb
We’ve already seen humanity on the verge of tearing itself apart within a decade of its inception
In other words…

The $$$ controls the town hall. Insert bots to control the narrative & divide the masses so the sheep stay in their pens

 

[Goskers07]

Well what a coincidence

 

[Mavsker]

I swear I have seen this exact headline about 10 times in the last few years. Do they just move it up by one second so they can get the headline "closest it's ever been"?

 

[DrumMonkeyRobot]

I swear I have seen this exact headline about 10 times in the last few years. Do they just move it up by one second so they can get the headline "closest it's ever been"?

And what do you propose they gain by "getting the headline?"

 

[ChocaEgg]

And what do you propose they gain by "getting the headline?"

Clicks, yo. Clicks.

 

[DrumMonkeyRobot]

I swear I have seen this exact headline about 10 times in the last few years. Do they just move it up by one second so they can get the headline "closest it's ever been"?

2010: 6 minutes
2011: 5 minutes
2012: 5 minutes
2013 - 2014: no report issued
2015: 3 minutes
2016: 2 minutes
2017: 2 minutes
2018: 2 minutes
2019: 100 seconds
2020: 100 seconds
2021: no report
2022: 90 seconds

 

[2010sarenevercomingback]

2010: 6 minutes
2011: 5 minutes
2012: 5 minutes
2013 - 2014: no report issued
2015: 3 minutes
2016: 2 minutes
2017: 2 minutes
2018: 2 minutes
2019: 100 seconds
2020: 100 seconds
2021: no report
2022: 90 seconds

So they've got another 5-10 years to milk this thing before they come up with a new grift.

 

[Irv]

I feel like this clock is failing to take into account all of the benefits of rapidly increasing population.

 

[DrumMonkeyRobot]

Clicks, yo. Clicks.

So they've got another 5-10 years to milk this thing before they come up with a new grift.

Why are people so pessimistic? Are you guys projecting? Like, you can't imagine anyone doing something for any reason other than money or fame because that's the only thing that motivates you? Maybe, just maybe, there are people out there who actually see a very serious problem, and this is the best way they can come up with to try and warn people and or do something about it. I will admit I could be wrong, and they may be in it for the fame/money/prestige. But to view the world through the lens that everyone is greedy and self-serving seems like a shitty way to live your life and view other people, especially when they seem to be trying to use their position to make a difference.

I'll get off my soapbox now.

Damar Hamlin is definitely dead and/or a lizard person.

 

[2010sarenevercomingback]

Why are people so pessimistic?

Literally the opposite. The doom & gloomers are wrong.

In your summary for the last 10 years, the time never gets further from midnight, which should be a gigantic flashing clue.

 

[DrumMonkeyRobot]

Literally the opposite. The doom & gloomers are wrong.

In your summary for the last 10 years, the time never gets further from midnight, which should be a gigantic flashing clue.

"The clock's original setting in 1947 was seven minutes to midnight. It has since been set backward eight times and forward 17 times for a total of 25, the farthest from midnight being 17 minutes in 1991, and the nearest being 90 seconds, set on January 24, 2023."

 

[ChocaEgg]

Why are people so pessimistic? Are you guys projecting? Like, you can't imagine anyone doing something for any reason other than money or fame because that's the only thing that motivates you? Maybe, just maybe, there are people out there who actually see a very serious problem, and this is the best way they can come up with to try and warn people and or do something about it. I will admit I could be wrong, and they may be in it for the fame/money/prestige. But to view the world through the lens that everyone is greedy and self-serving seems like a shitty way to live your life and view other people, especially when they seem to be trying to use their position to make a difference.

I'll get off my soapbox now.

Damar Hamlin is definitely dead and/or a lizard person.

I may have missed it, but what was the reasoning behind moving it closer to midnight this time?

 

[DrumMonkeyRobot]

Literally the opposite. The doom & gloomers are wrong.

In your summary for the last 10 years, the time never gets further from midnight, which should be a gigantic flashing clue.

By "pessimistic" I mean your pessimism is directed at the intentions of other people. Not as an outlook on life in general.

 

[DrumMonkeyRobot]

I may have missed it, but what was the reasoning behind moving it closer to midnight this time?

Their primary reason was stated as the war in Ukraine. I think it makes sense based on Putin continually threatening to use nukes.

 

[David Webb]

"The clock's original setting in 1947 was seven minutes to midnight. It has since been set backward eight times and forward 17 times for a total of 25, the farthest from midnight being 17 minutes in 1991, and the nearest being 90 seconds, set on January 24, 2023."

Can you honestly say you think we are closer to “doomsday” than any other point since 1947?